FIFTH GRADE NEWS
February 12-16 , 2018
Valentine Card Challenge
Also, if you want to create a box or bag for your Valentine cards that is completely up to you. If you do not make a box/bag then please send your child with a plastic grocery bag or something to bring all of their goodies home!
*I have a few extra boxes of Valentine's treats that have been donated to 5th grade. If your child needs these, please do not hesitate to email Mrs. Sifford. I would love for them to go to a good home!
Valentine's Party Sign Up Genius: 60b0d4bacaa2aa31-valentines
STAAR Dates
Wednesday April 11 - 5th Grade Reading
Monday May 14 - 5th Grade Math Retakes (If necessary)
Tuesday May 15 - 5th Grade Reading Retakes (if necessary)
Wednesday May 16 - 5th Grade Science
Middle School Important Dates
March 6th @ 6:30pm
AVID parent informational meeting
Professional Development and Education Center (5800 Colleyville Blvd.)
Friday, March 23rd
AVID applications due
April 2nd - 25th
Student interviews and student selection for AVID
April 30th
Acceptance/Regret letters mailed to student candidates
Special Programs Lottery
5th grade students wishing to enroll in STEM at GMS must complete a Special Programs lottery application by March 9th.
Special Programs Lottery Window February 9th - March 9th
Special Programs Lottery March 29th Middle School Showcase Learn about your middle school and see Fine Arts performances.
February 20th - All Middle Schools 6th Grade Course Selection Dates
Thursday, February 22nd @ 11:00 CTMS counselors visit Glenhope Course selection sheets go home with students.
Wednesday, February 28th Course Selection sheets are due to homeroom teacher.
Tuesday, March 6th 5th graders will enter their course selections in Skyward with Mrs. Pape at school. If you have any questions please contact Marnie Pape, Glenhope School Counselor, at marnie.pape@gcisd.net or (817)251-5725
Six Flags Read to Succeed
Don't forget that the Six Flags Read to Succeed program ends on February 15. If your child reads six hours and completes the reading form, they will receive a free child's Six Flags ticket to be redeemed this summer. Return the form to your child's teacher by February 15. If you can't find the form, you can download a new one by going to the web address below:
http://static.sixflags.com/readtosucceed/StudentReadingLog.pdf
Headphones In Class
Homework
Homework for this week is posted in Google Classroom for all 3 classes. Please have your children pay close attention to how they need to submit their homework.
Math: Submit by completing the Google Form in Google Classroom
Science: Submit through Stemscopes
Humanities: Submit in Google Classroom
What's Happening In Class?
Science Matters
We completed the Science Benchmark this week. Be looking for information to come home next week about your child’s strengths and weaknesses in relation to Science concepts.
Space Science is our focus for two more weeks. Weather and Climate, including The Sun and The Water Cycle, is our current unit of study. As we did with Earth Science, we will utilize models to simulate the real world and help us with our understanding.
Space Science TEKS 5.8ABCD:
TEKS 5.8AB Weather and Climate
TEKS 5.8C Day and Night
TEKS 5.8D Characteristics of Sun, Earth, Moon
What can you do to help your child at home? Talk about differences between the Sun, Earth, and Moon; watch a weather forecast with your child; help them notice shadows at different times of the day; ask your child to explain the water cycle. Also, please utilize Stemscopes learning resources, games, and video glossary for review at home.
You will find vocabulary Quizlets, Blendspace activities, Slideshows, and Menu Plans in Google Classroom Mannen Science 2017-18 that will also be good for your child to review at home.
Miss Sutton, our student intern, is currently teaching all three classes of Science. I am assisting her with planning and checking in with her frequently during the day about the progress our students are making.
Math:
Our current unit is Multiplying and Dividing of Fractions.
5.3I I can use pictures, models and the traditional algorithm to solve the multiplication of a unit fraction (one as the numerator) by a whole number.
5.3J I can use pictures, models and the traditional algorithm to solve for the quotient when dividing a whole number by a unit fraction.
5.3L I can use pictures, models, and the traditional algorithm to solve for the quotient when dividing a unit fraction by a whole number.
Currently Mrs. Munoz, our student intern is teaching all 3 classes. I am working with her to co-plan, support, pull small groups to help our students be the most successful they can be. She is working very hard to create relevant, challenging and engaging work for our students to do.
Students are working in their blendspaces on Google Classroom to complete daily work and to have opportunities for challenging extensions should they finish early.
To support your students, please sit down with them while they are on ixl.com this will allow them to work through the steps with you. Students should ALWAYS have paper and a pencil with them while they work through problems on ixl.
Humanities:
Social Studies
Units 7: Westward Expansion (3 weeks)
Westward Expansion focuses on the idea of manifest destiny via the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, and the Gold Rush. Westward Expansion occurred early in our country’s history and we want to understand how this helped the United States expand beyond being only 13 states. Along the way, we will learn about the numerous reasons people had for making the move West!
Reading
Inferencing, drawing conclusions, and providing text evidence will continue to be important as we work through these units as well. With our benchmark out of the way, we can begin to focus in on specific reading skills in small groups and one on one with Mr. Wahpekeche. We will explore the elements of fiction, point of view, and continue to develop our comprehension in order to improve our ability to summarize.
Writing
Students will continue to utilize the writing process (brainstorm, draft, revise, edit, publishing) when developing expository essays, personal narratives, and persuasive essays, or informational essays. In addition, students will be working on writing informal and formal letters making sure to incorporate figurative and sensory language. We will spiral back to prepositions and prepositional phrases, subordinate conjunctions, and using proper punctuation.
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